"Do you know what I want?" Preschoolers'talk about desires, thoughts and feelings in their conversations with sibs and friends

Cognition and Emotion

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 330-350

  Hughes, Claire ^a   Lecce, Serena ^b   Wilson, Charlotte ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD WELFARE; COGNITION; COMPETENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVERSATION; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EMOTION; FEMALE; FRIEND; HOME ENVIRONMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; NORMAL HUMAN; PLAY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SIBLING; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; THINKING; VERBAL BEHAVIOR; VIDEORECORDING;

EID: 34250864620     PISSN: 02699931     EISSN: 14640600     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02699930600551691     Document Type: Article

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